Storm-garment for letter-carriers.



W. H. CARPENTER. STORM GARMRNT FOR LETTER CARRIERS.

APPLIOATION FILED O0T.1Z.1908.

Patented Mar. 2, 1909.

WITNESSES 1N: NoRRls Pzrsns co., WASH/Noren, n. c,

UNITED STATES PATE@ IfIfIECIi.

WILLIAM H. CARPENTER, OF BRISTOL, CONNECTICUT.

STORM-GARMENT FOR LETTER-CARRIERS.

To all 'whom it may conce/m:

Be it known that I, WILLIAM H. CARPEN- TER, a citizen of the United States, residing at Bristol, in the county of Hartford and State of Connecticut, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Storm-G arments for Letter-Carriers; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

My invention relates to certain new and useful improvements in storm garments but more particularly has reference to a cape such as may be advantageously worn by letter carriers.

The object of my improvement is to provide a garment of this description which shall enable a letter carrier to sort his letters in inclement weather and deliver the same from house to house Without wetting them.

In the accompanying drawing which forms a part of this application Figure l is an elevation of a storm cape constructed in accordance with my improvement, and Fig. 2 a broken section at the line x, fr, of Fig. l.

Similar numbers of reference denote like parts in both figures of the drawing.

1 is a ca e which may be made in any approved sty e and fastened around the neck in any suitable manner. At the lower portion of this cape and at or about the waist line is a section 2 of any suitable transparent material preferably celluloid, which is stitched or otherwise secured within the cape so as to afford a transparent front to the latter.

3 are hand slits adj acent to the sides of the transparent section 2 said slits being protected by lapels 4.

The transparent section being at or about the waist line is quite conveniently located so that a postman can readily sort his mail and observe the addresses thereon without exposing any letters or parcels to the inclemenc of the weather, and in delivering his ma from house to house he merely Specification of Letters Eatent.

Application filed October 12, 1908.

Patented March 2, 1909.

Serial No. 457,319.

passes it out through the hand slits The cape likewise protects the mail bag carried by the postman and it does not interfere in the slightest degree with the free movei'nent of his arms and hands, and, moreover, it is not necessary that he should wear gloves since the garment fully shields his hands.

rihe transparent section is quite thin and flexible so that it will not interfere with the rolling up of the cape when the latter is not in use.

I-Iaving thus described my invention what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent is 1. rihe combination with a garment adapted tosurround the body of the wearer, of a )ieee of transparent material located in the body portion of said garment, whereby articles located under the garment may be seen by the wearer through said transparent material.

2. rIhe combination with a garment adapted to surround the body of the wearer and provided in its frontportion with an opening, of a sheet of flexible transparent material in said opening.

3. rIhe combination with a garment adapted to surround the body of the wearer and provided with an opening', of a sheet of transparent flexible material in said opening, and an additional opening in said garment whereby articles may be passed therethrough.

4. A storm garment comprising a cape adapted to fit the shoulders and neel; of the wearer and to extend outside the body and arms, said cape having secured within its front portion at or about the waist line a flexible transparent waterproof material and provided with hand slits with lapels adjacent to the sides of said material.

In testimony whereof I aflix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

C. B. HoLT, H. R. Cooic. 

